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A TTR/VE rs HAYDEN C. SNODDY AND SAMUEL D. SNODDY, OF GREENVILLE,KENTUCKY.

TYPE-SETTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,834, dated January10, 1893. Application filed June 6, 1891. Serial No. 395,337. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HAYDEN O. SNODDY and SAMUEL D. SNODDY, residing atGreenville, Muhlenberg county, and State of Kentucky, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Type Setting Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a machine for rapidly settingtype of the ordinary kind without mutilating or injuring the same, andalso to provide means for spacing and justifying the lines of typeautomatically as they are set.

To these ends it consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofthe various parts which will first be fully described with reference tothe drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a vertical side elevation from the sideof the machine to theleft hand of the operator. Fig. 2 is a vertical side elevation from theside of the machine to the right hand of the operator. Fig. 3 isa topplan view of the machine. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectiontaken on line c-oc of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line w ocof Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section through line 0c :r ofFig. 3. Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section through line m 0c ofFig. 3. Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the type gage and indicator.Fig. 9 is a sectional view through line sa -ma of Fig. 3. Fig. 10 is anenlarged plan view of the type carrier. Fig. 11 is an enlarged verticalsection through line m -0c of Fig. 3. Fig. 12 is a detail in perspectiveof one of the temporary spacing slides at the end of the carrier frame.Fig. 13 is a plan view taken on line oa -x of Fig.

11. Fig. 14 is a somewhat similar view with the knives in section attheir cutting ends.

Figs. 15 and 16 are details in perspective of one set of the alternatingsprings and knives. Fig. 17 is a detail of the carrier escapement. Fig.18 is a horizontal sectional detail of the type galley and its adjuncts.

The general features of our machine consist of a series of channels ormagazines for holding the type, a series of ejectors for dislodging thetype therefrom, which ej ectors are operated by key leversprovided witha bank of keys, and an intermediate carrier frame which receives thetype successively until it ejectors b contains a number necessary for aline of a column, which type are then moved up into a row at one end ofthe carrier and are successively dropped into thegalley by the sameoperation which sets up the type in the carrier for the next row.

In the drawings A represents the base frame of the machine upon whichare mounted vertical posts A (Figs. 1, 2, 4) sustaining at their upperends a horizontal table composed of a series of parallel type channelsor magazines A (Figs. 3 and 4.) In these channels the type a arearranged with their printing faces up, the depth of the channels beingequal to the length of the type, and the width of the channels beingequal to the width of the type. At the ends of these channels isarranged a vertical abutment plate A (Figs. 4 and 6) against which thetype are forced and held with their-lower ends exposed to the action ofthe ejectors beneath. These type are forced up to this plate in solidcolumns by means of followers A of which there is one for each typechannel, to which followers are attached cords Ct that pass in groovesbeneath the type and over pulleys a and extend down through the baseinto a series of parallel pockets A in each of which is aseparate weightA attached to each of said cords and which weights serve to press thefollowers A up against their respective rows of type and compel thecolumn of type to be fed along as fast as the type are removed from theends thereof to be set.

The keys are mounted upon key levers B (Figs. 3 and 4) which arefulcrumed near the middle upon a bar B mounted in uprights B upon thebase. These levers project under the abutment plate A of the table (seeFig. 4) and have attached to their ends downwardly projecting plates 1)(Figs. 4 and 5) each of which has a hole in it through which the bentend of a lift rod 1) extends. rods extend through holes on a shiftingbar 19 which is arranged horizontally beneath the These ejectors 5correspond in number to the number of the type channels and they arearranged to reciprocate verti- 10o cally in suitable guidesjust behindthe abutment plate A and immediately beneath the end types Whose lowerends are exposed by being pressed from the column against said Theselift 5 abutment plate. Now when a key is depressed the rear end of leverB is elevated and the lift rod 1) raises an ejector b and forces out atype to the carrier located above it which receives it and disposes ofit as hereinafter described.

To reduce the number of keys to a minimum, each key and lever is made toact upon three different sorts of type, the lower case, upper case, anda figure or character.

The lift rod 5' from any lever is arranged to act normallyupon a typeejector b of the lower case and on one side of this type channel thereis a channel provided with the same letter in upper case, and on theother side there is a channel provided with some figure or character.There are then groups of ejectors consisting of three, upon either oneof which three ejectors the lift rod 2) may be made to act (see Fig.

The lift rod 1) is made to act normally upon the middle one of the grouprepresenting the lower case letter as these are most frequently used butby shifting the bar 19 to one side or the other, the lift rod 1) may bemade to act upon the ejector b representing the capital of that letter,or upon a character or figure, dependent upon which way the bar b ismoved, the long lift rod 1) and its pivotal connections to the plate Z)of lever B permitting this adjustment. The bar b is held in its normalposition bybeing mounted at one or both ends upon a spring I) and it isadjusted in one direction by apress plate Z), and a shifting frame B(Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6) and in the other direction by a press plate b and ashifting frame B These shifting frames are hung to the press plateswhich are pivoted to the frame work and said shifting frames extendaround the bank of keys and are normally held up (see Fig. 4) by springsB and B near their rear ends. The press plates Z) and 6 do not beardirectly against the end of shifting bar b but bear against set screws 6(Figs. 5 and 6) thereon which permit of an adjustment for wear ordisplacement.

C (Figs. 3, l, 10) is the carrier frame which receives the type as theyare ejected from the subjacent channels and hold them until a line isset up. This carrier is provided with guide eyes 0' O O O which slideupon horizontal parallel rods C 0 supported upon suitable portions ofthe frame work and arranged to hold the carrier close to the upper edgesof the type channels. This carrier is arranged cross wise the typechannels but is moved on its guide rods C in direction longitudinal tosaid channels. This motion is provided for as follows (see Figs. 1, 2,3, 4, 6). To each end of the carrier is jointed a curved link bar Gwhich is attached to the upper end of a vertical arm (3 on each side ofthe machine. These arms work through slots in the base and are rigidlyconnected to a rock shaft 0 (Figs. 4 and 6) under the base which isprovided with one or more coil or spiral springs 0 whose tension is suchas to cause the arms 0 to constantly pull the carrier frame 0 off fromthe type table and toward the bank of keys. A step by step escapement isgiven this carrier as it moves toward the operator by each movement of akey as a typeis forced up from the type table into the carrier, butbefore we can intelligently describe this it will be necessary to firstdescribe the construction of the carrier (see Fig. 10). It is arectangular frame having a series of thin parallel partitions a runningtransversely to the type channels (see Fig. 3). In the spaces betweenthese partitions are arranged flat springs c which run the full lengthof the partitions and ordinarily lie flat against the same. The loweredge of each partition 0 is cutaway at a (see Fig. 9) atapoint justabove a movable detent c which plays vertically just behind the abutmentplate A The flat spring 0 is not cut away at such points and when thedetent c is up and the carrier is fed toward the operator (in thedirection of the arrow, Figs. 9 and 10) it will be seen that the detentallows the partition 0 to pass but catches against and holds back theflat spring 0', leaving an opening between said spring and the partitionto receive the type as it is ejected from the table beneath. Thisopening is shown in full linesin Fig. 9, and in dotted lines, Fig. 10.After the type is forced up into this spaceby the ejecting mechanismheretofore described, the detent c is withdrawn, and the fiat spring 0being released it clasps and holds the type (as shown in Fig. 9) and inthis way the type are successively received and held in the spacesbetween the partitions until enough for a full line has been set up.

WVe will now describe the means for giving the step by step feed to thecarrier and the means for operating the detent 0 Upon the under side ofone end of the carrier frame C, is formed a series of ratchet teeth d(Figs. 1 and 17) made wide enough to receive the ends of two pawls cland 01 The pawl d is fulcru med to a bracket offsetting from the mainframe and is forced upwardly by a spring d The other pawl d is connectedto this pawl d by a fulcrum pin (1 and a slot 01 The outer end of thispawl d is connected by a rod d with a feed frameDand this rod d andpawls d d are strained toward the type table by a spiral spring 01 Thefeed frame D is fulcrumed upon a shaft (1 and its transverse bar d (Fig.3) at its end lies across all the key levers so that the operation ofeach one of the key levers raises the frame D and releases the carrierwhich through its escapement pawls d and d is allowed to move one spacefrom the tension of the actuating arms C every time a key is operated.This is accomplished as follows (see Figs. 1 and 17). When a key leverlifts frame D, the rod 61 throws the pawl 61 out of the ratchet d, while(1' is engaged therewith. 'When the key lever and frame D fall, thedescent of the attached rod d throws the tooth of pawl 61 into theratchet and 01 out of IOC engagement, and as d? has a slotted or slipconnection at its fulcrum d, pawl d slips back with the carrier framethe distance of one tooth of the ratchet. On the next movement the pawl01 is again released and slips forward over its fulcrum from the tensionof the spiral spring d ready to take a new hold. In this way a step bystep feed is given the carrier over the feed table to bring a new typespace of the carrier over the type ejectors. Acting simultaneously withthis feed motion is that of the detent c which by catching against thesprings alternating with the partitions c of the carrier holds them opento receive the type. This detent a (see Fig. 9) is connected at itslower end to a metal stirrup 6 attached to a lever c fulcrumed upon apost a and having its other end jointed to a rod or link a connected atits lower end to the feed frame D so that every time this feed frameDdescends after being raised by the operation of a key it simultaneouslyfeeds the carrier forward and causes the detent c to be elevated tocatch against a spring 0 of the carrier and hold it open for thereception of the type, and on the reverse movement the detent iswithdrawn to allow the spring to clamp the type and allow the carrier tomove forward again.

In order to enable the operator to know when a sufficient number of typehave been temporarily lodged in the carrier we provide an indicator gagefor this purpose and as the type vary in thickness it is obvious thatthis gage must be adapted to make a differential feed 1'. e. a feed thatvaries with the thickness of each type. For this purpose (Figs. 4, 5, 6)

the ejectors have upon their feet screw stems of different heights, theheight of each stem of each ejector being adapted to the width of thetype which that ejector is intended to dislodge. These stems when theejectors are lifted are made to act upon a gage frame E fulcrumed at Eand are made to move it more or less according to the length of thestems 12 a long stem 1) representing a thick type giving a long movementto the gage, and a short one representing a thin type giving a shortmovement to the gage, thus making the movement of the gage commensuratewith the thickness of each type. The gage (see Fig. 8) consists of twotriangular or tapered bars E F. having a sliding frame F. moving thereonand provided with an index finger f. One of these bars E is stationary,and the other one is movable, being connected by a link f" at its lowerend to an arm f attached to the gage frame F (as in Figs. 1, 2, 4). Asthe gage frame oscillates from the lift of the ejector stems b it causesthe movable bar F. to rise and fall. The index frame E has channels orguide holes through it that receive the two bars E E which lie side byside. This frame E is provided with two springs f f which bearrespectively upon the tapered edges of the two bars. E (Fig. 7) is agraduated bar which lies behind the raised it raises the frame E and itsfinger with it (as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 8) because the spring fslides up to a smaller portion of bar E the spring f in this movementbeing prevented from slipping on the bar E because it would have to riseonto a 7 larger portion of bar E and it prefers therefore to rise withsaid bar. On the downward movement of bar E it slips down through theframe E because it draws its smaller portion down under the spring fthus leaving the frame E and its indexhand up to the position to whichit was moved, and it matters not how much or how little movement isgiven to the bar F. this exact quantity is measured on the graduated barto just the extent required by the type that is set, no matter how thickor thin this may be. It will therefore be seen as this gage iscommensurate in its adjustment with the space occupied by the evervarying type in the line, the operator is always enabled to know at whatpoint to terminate a line in order to justify it properly. As shown thisgage is arranged in a vertical position, but it may be arrangedhorizontally or be otherwise disposed to suit the convenience of theoperator or the construction of the machine.

After a word is set up, it is necessary to feed the carrier 0 a step togive a space between this word and the next. For this purpose atransverse bar F (Fig. 7) extends across the key levers and is held upby uprights F sustained upon springs F This bar when depressed isarranged to strike a projection F on a lever F 4) which latter lifts across bar F fixed in the feed frame D, which moves the carrier one spaceas hereinbefore described, but without ejecting any type.

lVe will now describe the means for dislodging the type from the carrier0 and feeding them to the galley. When all the openings between thepartition 0 of the carrier are provided with type (except the openingscorresponding to the spaces between the words) these type are by asingle adjustment slid up to one end of the carrier where they are stillheld by the springs in perfect alignment. For this purpose we provide analignment frame (Figs. 3 and 13) consisting of a metal bar 0 arrangedtransversely above the partition of the carrier and a similar bar C(Fig. 6) arranged below the same which two are connected to side bars 00 connected at the other end bya cross bar 0 with a thumb piece foroperating the same. Now when the type have been set in the carrier theyare necessarily out of line (see first five spaces in Fig. 10) beingheld by the springs at points opposite to the channels in the magazinetable. These type are simultaneously drawn to the discharge end of thecarrier and maintained in line by drawing the alignmentframe to one sideby hand as indicated by the dotted lines in which movement the crossbars 0 C catch against the top and bottom ends of each type and dragthem along in vertical position to the end of the carrier where they arestill held by the springs c. The alignment frame is then pushed back andthe carrier frame is restored to its farthest position from theoperator, so that the first type space of the carrier is over theejectors again, and when the carrier is again fed to the operator thedetent 0 in dragging back the first spring 0' of the carrier to makeroom for the first letter of the next row, releases the first letter ofthe aligned row at the end of the carrier and drops it into a hopperedreceiving chamber g (Fig. 6) whence it is transferred to the galley G byoperations which will be hereinafter described. Each successive step offeed, of the carrier in like manner performs for each space in thecarrier the double function of dropping a type out of the aligned rowand inserting another type behind the spring c. In Fig. 10 in theposition shown one row of type has been aligned and the first fiveletters of the next row have been set up into the carrier and in beingset have dropped the first five letters of the aligned row.

From the chamber g into which the type falls it is transferred to thegalley G as follows(see Figs. 6, 11, 13): On one side the chamber gopens into the galley (Fig. 13) and on the other side of the chamber gis a plunger 9' which advances to push the type into the galley at theright time against a receding bar G moving stiffly in a channel 9' atright angles to the galley. This receding bar holds the type in uprightor vertical position until a row of type is set up in the end of thegalley and then a push plate G moves up and forces this row intothegalley as in dotted lines, Fig. 13 in order to make room for the nextroWs entrance into the end of the galley. The means for accomplishingthese movements are as followsThe plunger g is attached to a horizontallongitudinal sliding rod h which is jointed to the upper end of avertical arm h (Fig. 4). The latter is pivoted at its lower end to anoffset from the abutment plate A and is forced toward the abutment plateby a spring 7L (Figs. 6 and 11) which holds the type plunger 9 back awayfrom the receiving chamber g. Upon the side of the arm 71. is ahorizontal pin h against which bears a wedge shaped cam plate h fixed tothe feed frame D which is lifted by each movement of each key lever.This furnishes means for operating the type plunger. The receding bar G(Fig. 13) is pressed back by the advance of the row of type from theaction of the plunger and moves stiffiy, being clasped with a frictionalcontact by the sides of the channel in which it slides. This recedingbar has at its inner end at the top a lug 9 against which a downwardlyprojecting arm 9 (Figs. 2 and 6) on the carrier strikes to carry thereceding bar G forward again to the receiving chamber 9 whenever a newline of type is to be set up in the end of the galley. It will beremembered that the previous row of type in the galley had been forcedup into the galley in direction longitudinal to the galley by a pushplate G2 which forces the column of type against a block G3 (Fig. 13).This advance of the push plate is effected by a spring Gr (Fig. 11)beneath the galley. To force the push plate back again out of the way ofthe incoming row of type the edge of the push plate G is made beveled atg (Fig. 13) and against this beveled edge the receding bar G bears tothrow the push plate G back out of the galley whenever the receding baris dragged forward by the pendent arm on the carrier preparatory tosetting a new line of type.

WVe Will now describe the means for spacing the words and automaticallyjustifying the lines of the type. At one end of the carrier 0, there area series of spacing slides k (Figs. 10, 11 and 12) one end of each ofwhich projects into the space between the partitions c of the carrier,and the other end of which projects outsideof the end of the carrierframe. There is one of these slides for each space in the carrier andtheir ends are square and eX- actly fill the space between thepartitions 0. At the beginning of the setting of type these spacingslides 7c are all forced into the spaces between the partitions and whenthe type for a single line have been set in the carrier and are forcedup to the end of the carrier by the alignment frame, it will be seenthat the type push out the spacing slides 70 wherever type are found inthe spaces of the carrier but in the space which has no type in it,which represents the intervalbetween two words, the slide 7c is notforced out but remains projected in, as shown at three places in Fig.10. The differencein the positions of these slides is made the means ofoperating the spacing devices as hereinafter described.

Before describing the spacing devices themselves we would state that ourspacing material and devices effect the automatic justifi cation of theline of type. In setting up type in the ordinary way by hand, after aline has been set up,-it will be found that the last letters of eachline will not always come to the same point, and when there is somespace to spare at the end of aline, but not enough for another syllable,the printer does what he calls justifying the type, t'. 6. he takes thisfragment of space at the end of the line and divides it up or apportionsit to the other spaces in the line by putting in spaces, so that thelast letter of each line will come in a vertical line. Our devicesaccomplish this difiicult problem in an automatic manner. For thispurpose we cut the spacing blocks for each line as it is set, thespacing blocks being cut of such width and in such number as shall notonly space but also justify the line. We prefer to use for these spacingblocks strips of any hard fine grained wood, which strips are sawedacross the grain so that the cutting of this strip into spacing blocksmay be easily accomplished by a cleavage parallel to the grain andtransverse to the strip.

H (Figs. 2 and 13) is a channel for receiving the strip of wood H. Thischannel is arranged horizontally beside the type plunger. This strip ofwood is arranged to be cut at its ends into spacing blocks by a seriesof knives Z (Figs. 13, 14, 16) which are arranged horizontally and atright angles to the wood strip, the ends of the knives cutting likechisels. To determine the quantity of wood cut off, and the numberofsubdivisions into which it is split a stop bar I is arranged to slidehorizontally beside the channel H and at right angles to the knives Zandin line with holes in the same. This stop bar has an arm I (Fig. 2) thatis connected to a long rod I which extends to the front of the machineand is jointed to the top ofa vertical arm I of an elbow lever whosehorizontal arm I is connected by a rod 1 with the gage frame E (Figs. 2,7 and 8). As the position of the gage frame indicates the amount ofspace in a line filled by type and also the amount of space not filledit will be seen that the amount of movement which it transmits to thestop bar I is made the means of determining how much of the wood stripis to be cut 0E to fill the aggregate quantity of space in each line.Whatever this aggregate space may be, it must be divided into a variablenumber of subdivisions according to the number of spaces between wordsof that line, and for this purpose a greater or less number of theknives are distributed over this space and made to cut in an automaticmanner as follows: On the end of the spacing bar F is a tappet arm m(Figs. 2 and 7) which when the spacing bar is depressed strikes againsta long lever m. The other end of this lever in is provided with a pin(Figs. 2, 3, 6) that lifts the arm m of a rock shaft m which latter isdisposed at right angles to the lever and has its arm m held down by aspring m (Fig. 2). At the other end of the shaft there is rigidlyattached an arm m hearing a pawl m which rests upon a curved segment ofratchet teeth m attached to an intermediate press bar m (Figs. 2, 3, 6,13). As the rock shaft rocks, its pawl feeds up the segment, which isheld from coming back when the actuating pawl recedes by means of asecond pawl m (Fig. 2) which acts as a detent. This intermediate pressbar at its upper end is designed to pass immediately in rear of theknives Z (Figs. 13 and 14) and is made to advance with each movement ofthe spacing bar F behind another knife so that after a line of type isset up the bar m will rest behind as many knives Z (three as shown) asthere are to be spaces in the line. These knives are then advanced tocut just the nu mber of spacing blocks from the wooden strip, the otherknives not being acted upon. For

this purpose the intermediate bar is pressed forward bya cam n on theupper end of a vertical rock shaft n which is provided with a radialhandle a which is seized by the operator and deflected horizontallytoward the keys to force the requisite number of knives forward and cutthe requisite number of spacing blocks from the wooden strip for thespaces in that line. The intermediate press bar m is moved in theopposite direction to its feed by a spring a (Fig. 2) and the verticalrock shaft n and its handle are forced in a direction opposite to itscutting movement by a springn.

We will now proceed to describe how any given number of the knives aremade to distribute themselves over the aggregate amount of space to becut off the wood strip so as to make the spacing blocks of equal size.The knives Z (Figs. 13 to 16) are in number equal to the greatest numberof spaces that it is possible to have in a single line. These knives Zare of the shape shown in Fig. 16 having cutting ends Z, a circular holeZ near their cutting ends, a slot Z in their opposite ends, anda notch Zin theirloweredges near the slot. Alternating with these knives areaseries of spreading springs Z (Fig. 15) which have a hole Z atone end, aslot Z" at their other ends and slitted tongues Z Z Z which in tendingto spring away from each other tend to separate or press apart theknives Z between which they are placed. Ordinarily the knives andsprings are pressed closely together by a wedge block 0 placed betweenthe outer knife and a bracket 0. This wedge block is connected by a rod0 to the cam n so that the same movement that advances the knives to outalso withdraws the wedge block to allow the knives to spread out totheir proper positions. The knives are supported at their outer ends bya pin 19 (Figs. 6,11 and 13) which passes through the slots Z in theends of the knives, which pin is sustained upon upright springs 19' on astandard M, and which springs draw back the knives after being advancedto make the cut. The spreading springs Z which alternate with the knivesare hung upon an axial pin 13 which passes through the holes Z near theends of the springs and is fixed in the standard M, the knives beingnotched or cut away at this point as shown at Z so as to make themwholly independent of the springs in their action. The holes Z of theknives and the slots Z of the springs normally coincide with each otherand through them the stop bar I is adapted to pass which stop bardetermines the number of kdives that are to be Worked. When the end ofthe line of type is reached the end of this stop bar forms a limit to determine the amount of wood strip to be cut off (equal to the aggregatespaces) and against this stop bar the knives are allowed to ex pand bythe withdrawal of the wedge block. Just before this takes place,however, the cam 'nby its initial movement starts up as many knives asthere are spaces to be put in that line so that their holes Z are out ofregistration with the stop bar (see Fig. 14) the holes of the otherknives and the slots of their springs being still in registration withthe stop bar. The result is that when the wedge block is withdrawn, theknives all expand from the action of the alternating springs and theknives and springs which are not to be used in cutting spring over thestop bar (the latter passing through their holes) while the activeknives (having their holes out of registration by their initialmovement) are stopped against the end of the stop bar and are separatedan equal distance from each other by the alternating springs, all asshown in Fig. 14. These active knives then advance on to the woodenstrip and cut off into equal subdivisions the amount of wood striprequired to fillall the spaces as measured by the stop bar, and into asmany subdivisions as there are spaces in that line.

\Ve will now describe the means for feeding these spacing blocks (whichhave been cut) into their appropriate places between the words of theline of type. Between the channel for the wood strip and the chamber infront of the type plunger there is an opening 0" Fig. 18 through whicheach spacing block is forced at the proper time so as to be forced up bythe type plunger and incorporated in the line of type. This opening isclosed during the cutting action by an adjustment given to one side 1 ofthe channel for the wooden strip which is made to slide longitudinally.WVhen the carrier 0 is moved back, however, this side is slid back andthe opening 4" exposed. It is then only necessary to utilize thedifferent positions of the slides k at the end of the carrier 0 to causethe spacing blocks to be fed into their appropriate places. In line withthe opening r and parallel with the knives there is a spacing blockplunger R (Figs. 11 and 13) which is made of the same general shape asone of the springs between the knives, but has an arm .9 (Fig. 11) whichprojects upward into range of engagement with the spacing slides 70.This plunger R is pressed forward to feed a spacing block through theopening 0" by a spring t mounted on standard M and bearing against a pin25 on the plunger. Now as the carrier 0 moves along whenever one of itsslides it comes opposite arm 3 and that slide is forced out by thepresence of a type within the carrier, the plunger R cannot move forwardto feed a spacing block through the hole 1', but when a slide It comesopposite arm 8 and this slide is forced into the carrier to form atemporary spacer, then there is nothing to oppose arm 3, and the plungerR advances and forces a wooden spacing block through the hole '2" intothe chamber or front of the type plunger, as in Fig. 18. The

plunger R is immediately drawn back by a cord 1; (Fig. 11) which isattached to pin 25 and passes around pulleys u and w and connects withthe wedge shaped cam h (Figs. 6 and 11) attached to and operated by thefeed frame.

In making use of our principle of cutting automatically the spacingblocks to the exact size required to justify the type we do not confineourselves to a wooden strip but may use any other material capable ofcertain and easy subdivision.

With reference to the setting up of a line of type on the carrier frame,it will be perceived that by this means we are enabled to move the typethe shortest possible distance prior to collecting them by one movementin a line.

In carrying out the various features of our invention we would have itunderstoodthat we do not confine ourseves to the particular constructionand arrangements. of parts as shown as many of the details may bechanged without departing from the main principles of our invention.

Having thus described our invention what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is- 1. In a type setting machine, the combination,with the type magazine, and the ejecting devices; of an intermediatecarrier frame having longitudinal partitions arranged at right angles tothe type magazines, and clasp springs arranged between the saidpartitions for holding the type, substantially as shown and described. I

2. In a type setting machine, the combination, with the type magazine,and the ejecting devices; of an intermediate carrierframehavinglongitudinal partitions and springs arranged at right angles to themagazines, and an alignment frame moving longitudinally over thesepartitions, and adapted to transfer the type as set in the spacesbetween the partitions to an aligned position at the end of the frame,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination in a type setting machine, of the type magazines, theejecting devices, an intermediate carrier frame having partitions 0arranged at right angles to the magazines with notches in their loweredges, clasp springs 0 arranged beside the partitions, adetent operatingthrough said notches on the springs to open them, and a feedmechanismfor the carrier frame, substantially as shown and described.-

4. The combination in a type setting machine, of a series of typemagazines,a carrier frame with partitions and clasp springs arranged atright angles to the type magazines, and a series of spacing slidesarranged at the end of the carrier and adapted to be projected into thespaces of the carrier frame and be expelled from the same by thepressure of the type when aligned, the slides which are not so expelledserving as temporary spaces for separating the words substantially asshown and described.

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5. In a type setting machine, the combination, with the type magazines,and the corresponding ejectors b of a horizontally arranged andlongitudinally adjustable shiftin g bar 6 having guide holes through itand arranged beneath the ejectors, a series of lift rods h arranged tooperate on two or more of the ejectors, and the key levers B looselyconnected to the lift rods, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a type setting machine, the combina tion with the type magazines,and their ejectors; of a series of lift rods each arranged to operateupon two or more of the ejectors, shiftingdevices forthe lift rods, andkey levers connected to the lift rods, substantially as shown anddescribed.

7. The combination, with the ejectors b and the lift rods 1); of thelongitudinally adjustable shifting bar b carrying the upper ends of thelift rods, push plates arranged at the ends of the shifting bar, andactuating frames for the push plates, substantially as shown anddescribed.

8. The combination, with the type magazines; of the carrier frame 0,arranged upon the horizontal guides to move over the magazine and havinga series of ratchet teeth on its under side, a pair of spring actuatedrocking arms and links for drawing the carrier forward, and anescapement connected to and operated by the keys for releasing the teethof the ratchet one at a time and giving a step by step progressive feedto said carrier, substantially as shown and described.

9. The combination, with the spring actuated carrier frame 0, havingratchet teeth on its lower side; of a pair of pawls cl 0?, the pawl CZhaving a stationary fulcrum and forced upwardly by a spring, and thepawl d being fulcrumed by a slot to d, the rod (i and the feed frame Doperated by the key levers, substantially as shown and described.

10. The combination, with the type ejectors having stems or liftingprojections 12 made of a variable height adapted to the thickness oftype which they represent; of a gage acted upon through these liftingprojections to give a cumulative movement to the gage which shall becommensurate with the aggregate width of the type in this linesubstantially as shown and described.

11. The combination, with the type ej ectors having stems or liftingprojections 19 of a variable height adapted to the thickness of the typewhich they represent; of a gage frame E, and the gage consisting of thetwo tapered bars E E one stationary and the other sliding, and the indexframe E sliding over the edge of bars E E with a frictional contact,substantially as shown and described.

12. The mechanism for measuring the progression of a line of type ofvariable thickness consisting of the two tapered bars E E one movableand the other stationary and an indeX or pointer frame E having africtional contact with the edges of the said tapered bars,substantially as shown and described.

13. In a type setting machine, the combination with the galley forreceiving the type; of a spacing and justifying device arranged to cutand feed spacing blocks from a single continuous strip of material,which blocks are adapted automatically in number and size to suit thespaces of the line, substantially as shown and described.

14. A type setting machine having a continuous spacing block striparranged to be cut into spacing blocks of definite size and number, incombination with means for cutting said strips into blocks and adjusting'said blocks to place, substantially as shown and described.

15. In a type setting machine, having a continuous spacing block strip,the combination with a spacing mechanism and a series of knives forcutting the spacing blocks; of a press bar connected to the spacingmechanism and arranged to pass behind as many of the said knives asthere are spacesin the line, and means for forcing the press bar and thespecified number of knives into cutting action, substantially as shownand described.

16. In a type setting machine having a continuous spacing block strip,the combination with a gage mechanism for indicating the aggregateamount of spaces in a line; of a series of knives for cutting thespacing blocks, and a stop bar connected to and operated by the gagemechanism for determining the amount of material to be out from thespacing block strip, substantially as shown and described.

17. The combination of the spacing block knives Z, the alternatingexpanding springs Z the stop bar I, the wedge block 0, the press bar mand the cam n, substantially as shown and described.

18. The combination, with the carrier having temporary adjustablespacing slides 76-, of the spacing block plunger R having arm 3 adaptedto engage with the slides and means for operating said plunger,substantially as shown and described.

HAYDEN C. SNODDY. SAMUEL D. SNODDY.

Witnesses:

J NO. G. BARKLEY, J. D. YINtro.

